🌱 2026 Harrel Family Farm Field Trips and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 74 and low of 54 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 73, low: 54.
• Saturday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 78 and low of 52 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• 2026 Harrel Family Farm Field Trips →
  27192 Dike Road, Rainier
  9:00 am
• Ukulele Jam
  Library Meeting Room
  10:00 am
• Pokémon Club
  Library Meeting Room
  4:00 pm
• CC Run Club →
  Crooked Creek Brewery, 343 South 1st Street, St. Helens
  6:00 pm
• Board Game Night
  Second Floor of the Library
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Run With Neil Invitational →
  Scappoose OR
• Scappoose Community Race 1k & 5k →
  Scappoose OR
• Barbie Club
  Library Meeting Room
  10:30 am
• Clatskanie Rifle and Pistol Club →
  Clatskanie Rifle and Pistol Club, 74223 Conyers Creek Rd, Clatskanie
  12:00 pm
• Vernonia Grange Bluegrass Sessions →
  Vernonia Grange, 375 North St, Vernonia
  1:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Homeschool Meetup: Slimy Slime!
  Library Meeting Room
  3:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Gaston at Clatskanie →
  Clatskanie High School, 471 SW Bel Air Dr., Clatskanie
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Oregon Commission for the Blind and Oregon Department of Education have organized a webinar series to educate the community about
  disability employment services and celebrate the many workplace successes. Join us on Tuesday, October 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Zoom for … (Nextdoor )

• Portland General Electric Company posted a job opening for Senior Licensing Specialist (ISFSI/Nuclear) in Rainier. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Cashier in Scappoose. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Deer Island here.

🗞 Nearby News

Scappoose

• Who are the best volleyball teams in the state? The coaches tell you here (columbiacountyspotlight.com)

Hillsboro

• Washington County jurisdictions less willing to support protections for immigrant crime victims, says report (opb.org)
• Genentech Breaks Ground on Major Factory Project in Hillsboro (wweek.com)
• 45th Annual Portland Regional Gem and Mineral Show - Portland Living on the Cheap (portlandlivingonthecheap.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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